SituationWeeks of 6 Sept to 18 Oct
Travelling by train
- Collections
- 3
- Free
- 1of 3
- Words
- 30
- Done
- 0
In order
Buying a ticket for the fast one
One train takes two hours and one takes five, and the cheap screen only shows the five.
LockedA platform that changed at the last minute
The board flips, everybody runs, and the announcement is the one thing you cannot hear.
FreeFinding your reserved seat taken
Somebody is in it, they are comfortable, and you have to be the one who says something.
Locked
All 10 words
A platform that changed at the last minute
- announcement/əˈnaʊnsmənt/Something said out loud to everybody.
- board/bɔːrd/The screen listing departures.
- departure/dɪˈpɑːrtʃər/A train leaving.
- change/tʃeɪndʒ/To become different.
- hurry/ˈhɜːri/To move faster than usual.
- stair/ster/One of the steps you climb.
- bridge/brɪdʒ/The walkway over the tracks.
- miss/mɪs/To fail to catch something.
- confusing/kənˈfjuːzɪŋ/Difficult to make sense of.
- guard/ɡɑːrd/A member of staff on the train or platform.
Questions
- What English words do I need at the train station?
- This collection has ten: announcement, board, departure, change, hurry, stair, bridge, miss, confusing, and guard, covering a platform that changes at the last minute.
- How do I ask someone for help when a platform changes?
- You can say "Could you ask the guard for me?" or "Why did the platform change so late?", both practised in this collection.
- Does the collection include full sentences, not just words?
- Yes, each of the ten words has its own sentence to say out loud, such as "Do I need to hurry to catch it?"